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"Mr Evans, I am glad you are here because I am not quite sure what this question means. Perhaps I have not understood it properly and you will be able to clarify it.
There are, in South America, certain outermost regions that form an integral part of the European Union and are, by that token, eligible for specific policies. There is not, however, any South American state as such that is a member of the European Union – I am being very cautious here for perhaps I did not understand all the nuances of the question.
As for Turkey and Croatia, there has been notable progress since we opened negotiations with those countries. In the case of Turkey, for example, the screening process, which is the first formal step for each chapter, has been completed for 23 chapters; eight chapters have been opened to negotiation, and for one of them the process is provisionally closed. Our presidency believes it will be able to open two further chapters.
In the case of Croatia, the screening has concluded. Twenty-one chapters were opened, of which three are provisionally closed. There was an accession conference on 25 July this year and the first, rather sensitive chapter on the movement of goods was opened and Chapter 20, on enterprise and industrial policy, was closed. As you know, progress with the negotiations depends mainly on the results achieved by the candidate countries. The progress made in meeting the criteria for opening and closing chapters, as well as the requirements set out in the framework of the negotiations, including the revised accession partnerships, are crucial in this respect and we obviously refer to the Commission’s judgment. Let me repeat, Mr Evans, that if my reply has been a bit off-centre, I would be very happy if you could tell me exactly what you meant by your question."@en1
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